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Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom News |
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Minnesota Ag in the Classroom (MAITC) Summer Teacher Tour
MAITC is excited to offer a summer tour that allows educators to get a first-hand look into the world of agriculture. Tour sites include: LeSueur Cheese Company, Forest-Lawn dairy farm with robotic milking machines, DuPont Pioneer Crop Research Center, J & B Distributing, and Sovereign Estates Vineyard and Winery. Resources, hands-on activities, and interactive ideas for integrating agriculture to achieve academic standards at all levels will be discussed and shared.
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 Teacher FeatureMs. Rachel Olmanson
K-8 Art Teacher at St. Michael Catholic School in Prior Lake, MN
How has agriculture and the Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom Program impacted your students and instruction? During the 2012-13 school year, our school received a grant from MAITC. With that grant, we were able to purchase six incubators that are used for hatching chicken eggs. These incubators were placed in the art room, the MS science room, and in the first and second grade classrooms. Instead of just reading or watching videos about Life Cycles, students were able to witness first hand how a chick hatches from an egg! LEARN MORE |
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Garden Grant Winners!
School gardens have become a very popular and powerful tool for Minnesota teachers and students. To support the development of school gardens, MAITC created a Minnesota School Garden Guide and also awarded 25 grants of $400 each to Minnesota schools for garden projects. These grants are provided by federal funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. READ MORE ABOUT THE GRANT WINNERS. |
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Fantastic Resources
Using corn, soybeans, and other plant matter, the agricultural industry is able to produce home-grown, renewable energy for your car, truck, tractor or bus. This DVD illustrates the STEM involved in renewable fuel production.
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